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June 2012
A Libertarian take on Wisconsin
Tim Nerentz, once a Libertarian candidate for Congress in Wisconsin, offers this Libertarian perspective on Governor Scott Walker’s recall election victory. “The effort to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker ended with a dull thud tonight, putting the exclamation point on 18 months of angry futility and needless public expense inflicted on the Badger state by […]
Read moreYou can’t save the country by cutting pork. You must kill sacred cows.
From’s Doug Bandow’s commentary in Forbes on what is absolutely needed to get federal spending under control, which won’t happen unless we cut military spending. The best reason to make true across-the-board cuts is substantive, not political. Military spending is far too high. Pentagon outlays have increased dramatically since 9/11. My colleagues Chris Preble and […]
Read moreSupreme Court unlikely to restrict political speech
Opponents of free political speech are hoping a pending Supreme Court challenge to a Montana anti-speech law will result in the Court overturning its Citizens United decision, but one election expert isn’t so sure. “The attempt to have the Supreme Court reconsider Citizens United stems from a conservative group’s challenge of a Montana law that […]
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